Sympathetic nerve terminal destruction has no effect on specific [3H]ouabain binding to intact mouse and rat skeletal muscle.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of peritonitis on spontaneous contractions of ileum and jejunum smooth muscles isolated from rats. Peritonitis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture in 8 rats. Another group of 8 rats underwent a sham operation and acted as controls. Twenty-four hours after the...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Koyluoglu G,Bagcivan I,Karadas B,Guney C,Durmus N,Altun A,Kaya T

更新日期：2008-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) is a lethal and disabling disease. Studies have suggested that hyperglycemia is a risk factor for cerebral I/R. Baicalin is a natural bioactive flavonoid extracted from Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi with neuroprotective activity. In the present study, we investigated the effects of...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Li S,Sun X,Xu L,Sun R,Ma Z,Deng X,Liu B,Fu Q,Qu R,Ma S

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegenerative diseases are the set of progressive, age-related brain disorders, characterized by an excessive accumulation of mutant proteins in the certain regions of the brain. Such changes, collectively identified as causal factors of neurodegeneration, all impact mitochondria, imminently leading to their dysfu...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Suski M,Olszanecki R,Chmura Ł,Stachowicz A,Madej J,Okoń K,Adamek D,Korbut R

更新日期：2016-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to provide further support for a role of central nitric oxide as a mediator of penile erection and yawning, the nitric oxide donors sodium nitroprusside, hydroxylamine, isoamyl nitrite and S-nitroso-N-acetyl-penicillamine were injected into the lateral ventricles (i.c.v.) or into the paraventricular nucleus o...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Melis MR,Argiolas A

更新日期：1995-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial and alveolar epithelial cell apoptosis is a vital step in smoke-induced lung injury. We investigated whether and how microRNA (miRNA) Let-7f-1-3p would regulate smoke-induced apoptosis in bronchial and alveolar epithelial cells. Human small airway epithelial cells (HSAEC) and human pulmonary alveolar epithel...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Han Z,Zhu Y,Cui Z,Guo P,Wei A,Meng Q

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]Zolpidem, a novel hypnotic drug possessing a chemical structure unrelated to that of benzodiazepine (BZD) was employed as a new ligand to determine its binding characteristics to membrane preparations of rat cerebral cortex and cerebellum. In both structures, the imidazopyridine [3H]zolpidem bound with high affini...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Arbilla S,Allen J,Wick A,Langer SZ

更新日期：1986-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]Indapamide bound to a single class of binding sites in pig renal cortex membranes with a dissociation constant Kd = 35 +/- 13 nM and a binding site density Bmax = 40 +/- 9 pmol/mg of protein. [3H]Indapamide binding was inhibited by the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, acetazolamide, and by thiazide diuretics with the...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Schaeffer P,Vigne P,Frelin C,Lazdunski M

更新日期：1990-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies have provided evidence that Cl(-) ion currents are important for activation of vascular smooth muscle contraction. The stilbene, 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS), disrupts Cl(-) metabolism by blocking Cl(-) channels and by inhibiting Cl(-) bicarbonate exchange. The aims of thi...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Lamb FS,Kooy NW,Lewis SJ

更新日期：2000-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:H89 (N-[2-(p-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide) is a compound characterized in vitro as a potent and selective inhibitor of protein kinase A (PKA). In this study, we found that H89 reduced the phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC) at Thr-18/Ser-19 and induced disassembly of stre...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Umeda D,Yamada K,Tachibana H

更新日期：2008-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) arises from neoplastic transformation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, and resistance to conventional chemotherapy remains one of the greatest challenges in treating the disease. Extensive data have demonstrated that angiogenesis is associated with AML progression and chemothera...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Deng M,Zhao H,Chen Q,Zhao J,Shi Y,Yu L,Fang Z,Xu B

更新日期：2019-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo bronchoconstrictor effect of tachykinins in Fisher 344 rats is accompanied by release into the airways of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). 5-HT is possibly derived from mast cells. In the present study the presumed mast cell-tachykinin interaction was studied in isolated trachea from Fisher 344 rats. Contractio...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Joos GF,Lefebvre RA,Bullock GR,Pauwels RA

更新日期：1997-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of endothelin on coronary circulation were studied in isolated rat heart using a constant-flow system. Endothelin (10 fmol to 20 pmol/g heart weight) elevated the coronary perfusion pressure in a dose-dependent manner. Nifedipine (100 nM) inhibited the vasoconstriction and shifted the dose-response curve t...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Fukuda K,Hori S,Kusuhara M,Satoh T,Kyotani S,Handa S,Nakamura Y,Oono H,Yamaguchi K

更新日期：1989-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxymetazoline was recognized with nanomolar affinity by 5-HT1A, 5-HT1B and 5-HT1D binding sites and mimicked the effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine with about the same potency and intrinsic activity as the endogenous amine in the corresponding functional tests. At 5-HT1C receptors, oxymetazoline behaved as a mixed agonist...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Schoeffter P,Hoyer D

更新日期：1991-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that repeated injections of acidic saline, given into the lateral gastrocnemius muscle of rats, results in a bilateral reduction in withdrawal threshold to tactile stimulation of the hindpaws. We have now characterised this model of muscoskeletal pain pharmacologically, by evaluating the an...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Nielsen AN,Mathiesen C,Blackburn-Munro G

更新日期：2004-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous infusions of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) at doses of 20, 40 or 80 micrograms/kg min-1 for 30 min produced dose-related decrements in blood pressure in conscious rats fitted with indwelling aortic and vena caval catheters. Immediately upon termination of SNP infusions, blood pressure rebounded to levels whic...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Abukhres MM,Ertel RJ,Dixit BN,Vollmer RR

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying the hypothermic effect of ethanol have been investigated in rats. At an ambient temperature of 26 degrees C, at which tail skin blood flow will normally be expected to play a role in regulating core temperature, no change in tail cutaneous temperature occurred during the period in which the c...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Lomax P,Bajorek JG,Bajorek TA,Chaffee RR

更新日期：1981-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Troglitazone has recently been introduced in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. In addition to its anti-diabetic effects it acts as a perixosome proliferator activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) agonist and has anti-inflammatory properties by inhibiting macrophage tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) secretion. It...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Beales PE,Liddi R,Giorgini AE,Signore A,Procaccini E,Batchelor K,Pozzilli P

更新日期：1998-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Agonists of adenosine A1 receptors have been frequently proposed as candidates for clinical development in treatment of cerebral ischemia and stroke. Numerous experimental studies have shown that pre- and postischemic administration of these drugs results in a very significant reduction of postischemic brain damage. H...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Von Lubitz DK,Beenhakker M,Lin RC,Carter MF,Paul IA,Bischofberger N,Jacobson KA

更新日期：1996-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Calsequestrin (CASQ) is a major Ca(2+) storage protein within the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of both cardiac and skeletal muscles. CASQ reportedly acts as a Ca(2+) buffer and Ca(2+)-channel regulator through its unique Ca(2+)-dependent oligomerization, maintaining the free Ca(2+) concentration at a low level (0.5-1mM...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Kang C,Nissen MS,Sanchez EJ,Lam KS,Milting H

更新日期：2010-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated in vitro anti-inflammatory effects of cynaropicrin, a sesquiterpene lactone from Saussurea lappa, on tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and nitric oxide (NO) release, and lymphocyte proliferation. Cynaropicrin strongly inhibited TNF-alpha release from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated murine macrophage, RAW...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Cho JY,Baik KU,Jung JH,Park MH

更新日期：2000-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Most currently prescribed antidepressants act by selectively increasing the synaptic availability of serotonin or norepinephrine, or through action on both serotonin and norepinephrine. However, most therapies require several weeks of treatment before improvement of symptoms is observed and not all patients respond to...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Shaw AM,Boules M,Zhang Y,Williams K,Robinson J,Carlier PR,Richelson E

更新日期：2007-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha4 and beta2 subunits expressed in heterologous expression systems assemble into at least two distinct subunit stoichiometries of alpha4beta2 receptor. The (alpha4)2(beta2)3 stoichiometry is about 100-fold more sensitive to acetylcholine than the (alpha4)3(beta2)2 stoi...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Zwart R,Broad LM,Xi Q,Lee M,Moroni M,Bermudez I,Sher E

更新日期：2006-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The consequences of the consumption of cannabinoids with other drugs of abuse are of particular medical relevance. Several studies investigated the ability of cannabinoids to induce a locomotor cross-sensitization to other addictive drugs, but results remain inconsistent. Therefore, we investigated in mice the consequ...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Hagues G,Costentin J,Duterte-Boucher D

更新日期：2008-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Galangin, a flavonol derived from Alpinia officinarum Hance and used as food additives in southern China, induces apoptosis and autophagy to suppress the proliferation of HepG2 cells. In this study, we demonstrated that galangin induced autophagy by increasing the ratio of AMP/TAN in HepG2 cells. It stimulated the pho...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Zhang H,Li N,Wu J,Su L,Chen X,Lin B,Luo H

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We directly compared the effects of YM337, the Fab fragment of the humanized monoclonal antibody C4G1, on platelet aggregation and template bleeding time with those of abciximab, the Fab fragment of the human/murine chimeric monoclonal antibody 7E3, in rhesus monkeys. The duration of inhibition of platelet aggregation...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Suzuki K,Sakai Y,Hisamichi N,Taniuchi Y,Sato K,Terazaki C,Kaku S,Kawasaki T,Yano S,Inagaki O,Masuho Y

更新日期：1997-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mouse tail-flick test, neither the racemate of N-allylnormetazocine (NANM) nor its optical isomers showed antinociceptive activity. However, all three antagonized morphine's tail-flick effects. In the phenylquinone test in mice, the racemate and (-)-isomer of NANM showed agonist activity and antagonized morphin...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Aceto MD,May EL

更新日期：1983-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional characteristics of purinoceptors in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were investigated using a microphysiometer which detects small metabolic changes to living cells in real-time as variations of pH in the extracellular microenvironment. Uridine 5'-triphosphate (UTP) increased the extracellular acidifi...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Okada Y,Taniguchi T,Akagi Y,Muramatsu I

更新日期：2002-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Amputation of the mouse tail tip (2.5 cm) caused long term thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia in the remaining part of the tail. Hyperalgesia of the hindpaw to noxious heat (55 degrees C) and cold (0 degrees C) stimuli were also observed. Hyperalgesia at both the tail and hindpaw had a rapid onset (< or = 30 min) and...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Zhuo M

更新日期：1998-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The positive chronotropic effect of angiotensin II was studied on the isolated spontaneously beating cat right atria. Angiotensin II and prostacyclin produced similar positive chronotropic and inotropic effects which were not affected by beta-adrenoceptor and histamine H2-receptor blockers. [Sar1,Ile8] angiotensin II,...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Türker RK

更新日期：1982-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies examined the relationship between the blockade of central alpha1-adrenoceptors, as measured by ex vivo binding of [3H]prazosin in the cerebral cortex and the inhibition of behavioral activation to a mildly novel environment (cage change). It was found that intraventricular (i.v.t.) terazosin, a sal...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Stone EA,Rosengarten H,Lin Y,Quartermain D

更新日期：2001-05-25 00:00:00